Microsoft Live Search upgraded, index increased four-fold

In what is touted as "[Microsoft's] biggest update since [its] debut in January 2005," Microsoft has announced a quadrupled index size and an enhanced algorithm that will generate more relevant results based on search queries.

In what is touted as "[Microsoft's] biggest update since [its] debut in January 2005," Microsoft has announced a quadrupled index size ands an enhanced algorithm that will generate more relevant results based on search queries.

Also, substantial changes were made to the way the Microsoft Live Search engine interprets queries with "common problems," taking spelling errors, stop words, and punctuations into consideration. Other upgrades such as auto-correction of misspelled queries are in — finally.

But [these changes are] not all. Microsoft says that it has improved its analysis of clickstream data so that it can better rate the relevancy of sites based on which links are most often clicked by users. It has also integrated its Answers platform better with Live Search, so that users who are just looking for a specific fact (weather, sports scores, stocks, etc.) can get the answer immediately without having to dig deeper into search results.

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Paul Mah is a writer and blogger who lives in Singapore, where he has worked for a number of years in various capacities within the IT industry. Paul enjoys tinkering with tech gadgets, smartphones, and networking devices.

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Paul Mah is a writer and blogger who lives in Singapore, where he has worked for a number of years in various capacities within the IT industry. Paul enjoys tinkering with tech gadgets, smartphones, and networking devices.